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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

pasadena to long beach

yesterday i promised that i would fill you in on my other big weekend event. i joined two friends (tim and ryan in the top photo) on a bike ride that took us from pasadena to the san gabriel river bike trail over in duarte. from there we headed south to the end of the trail, located in seal beach. we biked over to long beach for lunch and a quick stop at a bike shop to fix a broken spoke. we turned around and headed back up the trail and back to pasadena.

the second photo today is looking back at the san gabriel mountains. about 105 miles total in our round trip ride. pretty fun and a great work out!

Yes, the return trip isn't quite as enjoyable. Slightly uphill. Fortunately we had the wind at our backs for portions of it. And it's not too steep at all. I don't like returning the same way I headed out, but in this case it's not bad. Lots to see along the way, and no car traffic to deal with.